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Home Appraisals: What You Need to Know

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A home appraisal helps sellers extract maximum value and protects buyers and lenders from overpaying.

The goal of an appraisal is to provide an estimation of a property’s market value.

A home appraisal may not be top of mind when you're looking to buy, sell or refinance a home. But maybe it should be: An appraisal determines for the seller, the buyer and the lender how much a home is worth.

The purpose is to protect the buyer and the lender from paying too much.

A home appraisal isn't the most glamorous part of buying or selling a home, but it's a key step. Learn more about the home appraisal process.

To learn more read our helpful guide the SCOOP! Blog

Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Happy Monday and thanks for sharing this blog.  Sometimes we are loosing out on the value because the market is going up so fast in our area.

 

Jun 14, 2021 09:21 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Jackie, it is imperative in our Denver market to let the buyers know the bank will only lend the amount on the appraisal, and the rest is considered the appraisal gap.

Jun 14, 2021 10:16 AM